Necktie



I. D. WOLFSON ET AL March l1- 1924.

NECKTIE 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Oct. 17. 1922 WITNESSES (Zm /M%j4%% ATTORNEYS March 11 1924. r 1,486,822

I. D. WOLFSON ET AL NECKTIE Filed Oct. 17. 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 WITNESSES l/VVE/VTOR A T TOR/V15 78 E r a mean EMT @FEQE- ISADORE DAVID WOLFSON' AND FAY EVELYN WOLFSON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

NECKTIE.

Application filed October 17, 1922. Serial No. 595,119.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, Isaoonn D. \VoLF son and FAY EVELYN VVoLrsoN, both citizens of the United States, and residents of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Neckties, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The present invention relates to neckties, and more particularly aims to provide a necktie especially adapted to be used as a bow or bat tie, although, of course, the present invention may be carried out in connection with a four-in-hand or other type of tie when desired. i

The invention is of a particular value, however, in connection with the manufacture of a bow or bat tie, inasmuch as a feature of the new tie is av construction suchthat the same has its two terminal, or folding or tying members,- permanently connected yet adapted to be variably spaced, thus permitting a haberdasher to carry on hand a much smaller stock of such ties than heretofore.

Such a tie of'variable length has heretofore been suggested, and the principal object of the present invention is to provide a tie having two terminal tying members one of which carries as a permanent COHiJlIlllz'li-lOIl a neck band or the like of sufficient length to permit the band to have a'plurality of overlapped lengths to form aloop the 'bight of which is engaged by a part carried by the other terminal member, in combination with details of construction for the various parts and plies of material employed whereby the finished appearance of the tie will be exceedingly attractive from the standpoint of good taste, and the operative features of the tie, so far as associating the same with a collar is concerned, will be equal to the ordinary tie of fixed length.

Various other objects and advantages will be in part obvious and in part pointed out hereinafter. The invention will be more clearly understood by reference to the accompanying drawings, where an embodiment of a bow tie is illustratively shown.

' In these drawings:

Fig. 1 is a view of the tie laid out flat, showing one face thereof;

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the opposite face of the tie;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary longitudinal sectional view, showing important.details of construction, this view, and the ones following, being all on an enlarged scale;

Fig. 4 is another fragmentary View, taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 3;

' Fig. 5 is a transverse section, taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary View, partially broken away, but otherwise similar to Fig. 4, except that Fig. 6 shows the parts underlying the brace 6 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 7 is a perspective view showing certain steps of assembly;

Fig. 8 is a view similar to Fig. 5, but taken on line 8-8 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 9 is a fragmentary View similar to Fig. 6, but havingadditional diagrammatic delineations showing certain steps of assembly with regard to the parts underlying the brace 9 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 10 is a transverse section on line 10-10 of Fig. 9, but showing, of course, only the parts in their full line positions; and

Fig. 11 is a view similar to Fig. 9, but showing the full line parts finally assembled and folded over on the line 1111 of Fig. 9 and there stitched in place.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the several views of the drawing.

The tie includes terminal or tying members 12 and 13, each of a multi-ply construction as hereinafter explained,- ,the member 12 being the longer as the result of including, as a permanent continuation thereofi'a neck band of considerable length. Such neck band, hereinafter called the continuation or band, is indicated at 12 in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, and comprises two overlapping lengths 14 and 15, forming a variable loop the biglit 16 of which engages a link or eye 17. The parts just referred to are marked with the appropriate reference characters in Fig. 3. The eye 17, preferably of thin, light metal wire and enamelled to match the dominant color of the tie fabric, is anchored at the inner end of terminal member 13. Length 14 of band 12 is interlaced as shown best in Fig. 3 through a slidable clasp 18; it being noted that such clasp is of a familiar type, yet constructed of very thin material. To the middle of the three tranverse bars of such claspi marked 18 in Fig. 3 is anchored the end of band 12 most removed from terminal member 12 of which such band is an integral continuation.

The parts of the new tie, exclusive of eye 17 and clasp 18, are constructed throughout of flexible plies of diiferent materials as hereinafter explained, and none of such plies are elastic or stretchable in the sense of being elastic in the manner or to the degree of a fabric woven from rubber as well as fibrous strands; wherefrom it will be understood that the new tie, as so far described, may be said to include a pair of terminal or tying members 12 and 13 formed of flexible material, and an adjustable, flexible, non-stretchable band 12 connecting the terminal membels and constituting a unitary continuation of the member 12.

The relative shapes and dispositions of the portions of the various flexible materials making up each of the terminal members 12 and 13, and the relation of such shapes and dispositions to various folds and lines of stitching employed in making up the tie are exceedingly important.

As to the terminal member 12, it will be seen that the same is formed of two plies 19 and 20 as indicated best at this point in Fig. 3. Such plies are of fairly thick material, and form the outside or exposed plies of the member. One of such plies, the ply 20, has a unitary prolongation 20 to form one of the plies of the band 12. The other ply of said band is a strip 21 of thinner material than the plies 19 and 20, and is preferably alength of ordinary taffeta ribbon of a standard width. Such strip 21 {is stitched at one end as indicated at 22 in Figs. 2 and 6 to the inner end of the ply 19, and is also stitched at its sides to the sides of the prolongation 20' as indicated at 23. This terminal member 12 is also provided, as shown best in Figs. 3 and 8, with a lining and thickening flexible sheet 24 interposed between the plies. 19 and 20 and running from the outer end of the member to'the point of connection of the inner end of strip 21, as best shown in Fig. 6. sheet 24 is stitched to the plies 19 and 20 completely along both sides and across the outer end of member 12, as indicated at 25 in Fig. 7; the plies 19 and 20 and the sheet 2 1 being arranged, before such stitching operation, as shown in Fig. 7, that is, in-

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side out, with the sheet 24 one of the outside sheets, to provide the three seams or strip-like edge portions 26 around the sides and outer end of the member 12. As a result of this construction, it will be observed that. all bounding lines of member 12, except, of course, the inner end thereof where the stitching 22 connects strip 21, enclose marginal portions of such member 12 which are. of six-ply thickness as shown in Fig. 8, which indicates the condition of the parts shown in Fig. 7 after the same have been ar ranged as shown in the latter figure, stitched as at 25. and then turned right-side out. This six-ply thickness holds the sheet 21 firmly.in place against buckling. crumbling or displacement, and at the same time desirably stiflens the bounding edges of said member to facilitate the tying of a bow which will tend to maintain itself precisely as (lisposed'immediately after the completion of the tying operation by the wearer.

The prolongation 20 of ply 20 and the strip 21. forming the two plies of dissimilar material of the band 12 (see Fig. 3), are similarly arranged inside out' when stitched along their sides at 23 as above described; so that subsequently, as shown best in Fig.- 5, the band 12 along its entire length, has opposite marginal portions of four-pl thickness.

The lines of stitching 23 just mentioned are parts of a single line of stitching including a Vshaped line of stitching 23 (Figs. 2 and 6) the apex of the V, located at the. point 23 on terminal member 12, being directed toward the outer end of said member, and such stitching 23 being so disposed as to serve to join the two outer plies l9 and 29 of similar material of the member 12 adjacent to the point of attachmentof the inner end of strip or ribbon 21, by at least a part of stitching 23 transecting the two plies 19 and 20 and thesheet 24, while parts of the continuous line of stitching 2323 intersect the transverse line of stitching 22, as best indicated in Fig. 2, connecting the continuous ends of strip 21 and ply 19.

Still referring to the details of construction of the member 12, there remains now only to describe the construction of the terminus of the continuation or band 12 thereof which is looped over on itself, as best indicated at 27 in Figs. 3 and 4, to engage the slidable clasp 18 at the middle bar 18 of the latter. However, as such terminous constructionwill be better understood after a description of the other terminal member 13 of the tie, a description of said member 13 will now be proceeded with.

Referring. to the details of construction of the terminal member 13, first of all it will be understood that the same is preferably made also of two outer plies of similar nuiterial 19 and 20 and an interposed sheet 24 of lining or thickening material; these parts being stitched togetheralong the entirelength of both side edges and the outer wider end edge of the member, when the plies are arranged inside out pursuant to the principle above explained in connection with the description of Figs. 7 and 8 relative to the plies 19 and 20 and the sheet 24; of member 12.

- In the case of such terminal member 13, also, one of the two outside plies of similar material, to wit, the ply 19 is continued slightly beyond the other ply at the inner end of the member 13, to form'a prolonged portion 19'. as shown in Fig. 9. Vhere the lining sheet 24 is used, which, of course, is preferably the case where a similar lining sheet is used with the terminal member 12, such sheet 24 may be protruded beyond the inner end edge 20" of the ply 20 of outside material.

The parts just described are then, as shown most clearly in said Fig. 9, when taken together with Figs. 10 and 11, folded back on themselves to turn in two corners 19 of the prolonged portion 19 of ply 19*; that is to say, such portion 19 is terminally folded over on itself on diagonal lines indicated at 19 in Figs. 9 and 11, the marginal parts 19*, of course, being meanwhile preferably tucked in place, and then these substantially triangularfolded over parts or corners 19 are stitched together as indicated at 19 to dispose the edge originally at 19 finally at 19; it being noted that such line of stitching pierces the plied material along the lines 19 19 and 19. This establishes the inner end of the member 13 as a V- shaped prolongation, as clearly shown in Fig. 11, having its maximum thickness along the center line of the tie. From the showing of Fig. 9, it will, of course. be noted that preferably the foregoing folding and stitching operations are also performed when the fabric parts of the member 13 are inside out. that is, with the right sides of the pieces of material forming the plies 19 and 20" facing each other, as was the case in applying the stitching to join the two outer plies and the intermediate sheet of this member together as above described.

The V-shaped prolongation established at 19 as shown in Fig. 11 is finally drawn through the eye 17 as shown in Fig. 3, then turned over on itself, preferably on the transverse line 11 11 indicated in Fig. 9, and stitched in place. for instance as indicated at 28 in Fig. 11. This peculiar construction, we have found, establishes a mounting for the eye 17 at the inner end ofthe member 13 which gives deliberately various thicknesses to the inner end of said member 13 in the vicinity of the mounting of eye 17, so relatively located as to permit the )resence of the eve and the en a ement l b h of the latter with the loop portion 16 of the band 12 and the othermember 12, not to interfere at all with easy adjustment of the tie around even a stiff turned-down collar the inner and outer walls of which stand very close together, In other words, the construction just described permits the new tie to be slipped and adjusted around the inside of a stiff fold-over collar of any type with exactly the same ease as afforded by a one-piece ordinary tie; while at the same time the pointed end and V-shaped edge of the folded over part at the inner end of the member 13 naturally increases the ease of manipulation of the tie and materially adds to the attractive appearance of. the latter while making more inconspicuous the fact that the new tie is one adjustable as to length.

Now reverting to the terminus construction 27 of the other member 12, where the latter is engaged with the middle bar 1% of the slidable clasp 18, a descriptionof the manner of construction whereof was hereinab'ove deferred, as there stated, until a complete description of the member 13 was given ino is of great compactness transversely. is nonstretchable as well as non-rumpleable as to all parts, and yet is instantly adjustable for varying the length of the entire tie, and is at all times easily manipulated relative to even the most difficult type of collar; whilethe entire appearance of the tie is in the utmost good taste and calculated especially to appeal to men very meticulous in regard to a parel.

e have described with great particularity the numerous fine details of construction which combine to make. an embodiment of the new tie as heretofore constructed and tested; but it will be understood, that since various changes may be made inthe general form and arrangement of the parts described without departing from the invention, we do not necessarily limit ourselves to the precise details as set forth herein. and of course, may make such changes and alterations as fairly fallwitliin the spirit andscope ofthe appended claims.

1. As a new article of manufacture, a

necktie including terminal members formed of flexible material arranged in two plies, and a continuation of one of said terminal members constituting a band for connecting the terminal members, said continuation being adjustable to vary the length of the necktie and including two plies of flexible material, one of which is an integral prolongation of one of the plies of the last-melt tioned terminal member and the other of which is a strip of flexible material stitched at one end to the inner end of the other ply material, one of which is an integral prolongation of one of the plies of the last-mentioned terminal member and the other of which is a strip of flexible material stitched at one end to the inner end of the other ply of said member and stitched at its sides to the sides of said prolongation, said terminal member last-mentioned having interposed between the two plies thereof a lining and thickening flexible sheet running from the outer end of said member to the point where the end of said strip is stitched to said memher as aforesaid.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a necktie including terminal members formed of flexible material arranged in two plies, and a continuation of one of said terminal members constituting a band for connecting the terminal members, such continuation being adjustable to vary the length of the necktie and' including two plies of flexible material, one of which is an integral prolongation of one of the plies .of the lastineutioned terminal member and the other of which is a strip of flexible material stitched at an end to the inner end of the other ply of said member and stitched at its sides to the sides of said prolongation, said terminal member last-mentioned having intei'posed between the two plies thereof a lining and thickening flexible sheet running from the outer end of said terminal member to the point where the end of said strip is stitched to said member as aforesaid, the last-mentioned flexible sheet being stitched to same at the outer end of the member and at both sides of said member along the complete length of the sheet.

' 4:. As a new article of manufacture, a necktie including terminal members formed of flexible material arranged in two plies,

and a continuation of one of said terminal members constituting a band for connecting the terminal members, such continuation being adjustable to vary the length of the necktie and including two plies of flexible material, one of which is an integral prolongationot one of the plies of the lastmeutioned terminal member and the other of which is a strip of flexible material stitched at an end to the inner end of the other ply of said terminal member and stitched at its sides to the sides of said prolongation, said terminal member last-mentioned having interposed between the two plies thereof a linving and thickening flexible sheet running from the outer end of said member to the point where the end of said strip is stitched to said member as aforesaid, the last-mentioned flexible sheet being stitched to its terminal member at the outer end of the member and at both sides of said member along the complete length of the sheet, said last-mentioned terminal member being seamed all around co-extensively with said stitching of said sheet thereto to provide a six-ply thickness at all the marginal portions of said member beyond the pointof attachment of said strip.

As a new article of manufacture, a necktie including terminal members formed of flexible material arranged in two plies, and a continuation of one of said terminal members constituting a band for connecting the terminal members, such continuation being adjustable .to vary the length of the necktie and including two plies of flexible mat'erial, one of which is an integral prolongation of one of the plies of the last-mentioned terminal member and the other of which is a strip of flexible material stitched at an end to the inner end of the other ply of said member and stitched at its sides to the sides of said prolongation, said terminal member last-mentioned having interposed between the two plies thereof a lining and thickening flexible sheet running from the outer end of saidmember to the point. where the end of said strip is stitched to said member as aforesaid, the last-mentioned flexible sheet being stitched to its terminal member at the outer end of the member and at both sides of said member along the complete length of the sheet, said last-menti0ned terminal member being seamed all around co-extensively with said stitching of said sheet thereto to, provide a six-ply thickness at all the marginal portions of said member beyond the point of attachment of said strip, said prolongation and said strip having inturned facing marginal portions along their sides where they are stitched together to provide a four-ply thickness at the opposite side margins of said continuation.

6. The necktie defined in claim 1, wherethe inner end of the last-mentibned termimember adjacent to the point of attachment nal member to join the two plies thereof adof said strip and With the apex of the V di- 10 jacent t0 the point of attachment of said rected toward the outer end of said memstrip, the apex of the V being directed toher, said V-shaped line of stitching joiningv 5 Ward the outer end of said member. together the two plies of said member and 7. The necktie defined in claim 2, wherethe inner end of said sheet.

in a V-shaped line of stitching is applied to ISADORE DAVID WVOLFSON. the inner end of the last-mentioned terminal FAY EVELYN VVOLFSON. 

